Week 1 Successful People Make Themselves Do Things That Unsuccessful People Will Not Do

Week 1 Successful people make themselves do things that Unsuccessful people will not do. 9th February 2018 Dates for your diary

13th February Y7 Parents’ Evening to meet Subject Teachers 4-7.00pm (see attached form) 1st March Y6 Parents’ Evening to meet Subject Teachers 4-7.00pm (see attached form) 15th March Y8 Parents’ Evening to meet Subject Teachers 4-7.00pm

Star Student of the Week

Week Beginning 29th January 2018

Year 5 Year 6 Jacob Dolphin 5JB Spencer Kirk 6SB Grace Giles 5LM Lea Blunt 6AP Ella Holmes 5CWK Krishan Gough 6LK Isobel Sanders 5SJ Alex Macey 6CA Charlie Preece 6PM Year 7 Year 8 Harry Beckett 7LW Sam Poulsom 8SH Alfie Hughes 7EN Darci Dobson 8SS Lewis Hodgkins 7JW Stevie Millward 8RC Aaron Walker 7KM Linus O’Howell 8BH

Amendment to last week – Star Student 8SH Should read Kaitlyn Glover.

Student Achievements

Several students attended the Staffordshire Cross Country Championships held at Rodbaston College on Saturday, on an incredibly muddy course! Year 8 pupils Tyler Hawley and Lucy Richardson both had fantastic races and even though running against both Year 8 and 9 pupils, gave strong performances.

Tyler came a fabulous 5th and is automatically selected to represent Staffordshire in the English Schools Cross Country Championships in Leeds In March. Lucy came 7th and is on the reserve list for the same event.

Congratulations to them both, well done!

Bikeability

Well done to all of our Y5 and Y6 students who took part in the two day bikeability training. We are proud of you all and thank you to Mrs Walker, who organised the event. If you give permission for your child to now cycle to school, you need to complete the ‘Cycle Permission’ letter that is available from Y5 Class Teachers and the School Office.

Y5 Parents Evening

Thank you to all of the Parents who attended the evening last night. We hope that you found it informative. Next week is Y7 Parents’ Evening.

Parish Council

We have received a letter from the Parish Council asking school to remind all parents to be thoughtful to residents in regards to parking around the school. Thank you to the vast majority of parents/ carers that are thoughtful and patient at the start and end of the school day.

Pupils equipment checklist

All pupils at PMS are asked to provide basic equipment for their personal use in lessons. This is to ensure that learning can happen as efficiently as possible and to avoid any delay in lessons. Pupils should always bring with-

 A Pen  A Pencil  A Green pen, for feedback  A Rubber  A Ruler  A Pencil Sharpener  Their Organiser  A Water bottle  A Reading book

Many of these items are available from the school shop, or pupils are more than welcome to bring their own to school.

Over the following weeks we will have a focus on equipment, including P.E. equipment. All class teachers will be helping their classes with reminders for equipment.

Pupils may wish to bring additional equipment, which is encouraged, however we do ask that all students only bring a single pencil case to school.

Thank you

Year 6

Professor McGinty

Thank you to all parents and carers who made last week’s visit from Professor McGinty possible. Each class thoroughly enjoyed a one-hour workshop with the professor, his time machine and box of doom!

The visit complemented your child’s learning about the Victorian era. It provided them with opportunities to discover what life was life during this period, accompanied with: exciting artefacts, special effects, sounds, vision and music. I would like to congratulate Year 6 on their fantastic conduct and participation during the interactive workshop.

Well done, Year 6.

Mr Cole

YEAR 6 ONLY Parents’ Evening – Year 6 Thursday 1st March 2018 4.00pm – 7.00pm Year 6 Parents’ Evening will be held on the above date. This is your opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with his/her subject teachers. The evening will be held in the Hall and Music Room and appointments will be made at five minute intervals. During this parents’ evening, teachers will discuss your child’s progress, the level they are working at and future targets. It is vital that we keep to five minute appointments if we are to see everyone on the night. If you have any other important issues you would like to discuss, you may need to arrange to speak to the teacher on another occasion. Your child’s books will be available to view in the Year 6 classrooms so please allow time before or after your appointments to do this. To ensure that your child has adequate time to collect appointments, please indicate your preferences on the attached appointment sheet as soon as possible. Your child will use this sheet to record your appointments and then will need to pass the sheet back to you prior to the evening. If possible, your child should attend with you.

APPOINTMENT SHEET YEAR 6 PARENTS’ EVENING – Thursday 1st March 2018 (4.00pm – 7.00pm) Pupil’s Name ______Class ______We/I will/will not be attending Year 6 Parents’ Evening. We/I would prefer to see teachers during the ticked time slot, if possible

4.00pm – 4.30pm 4.30pm – 5.00pm 5.00pm – 5.30pm 5.30pm – 6.00pm 6.00pm – 6.30pm 6.30pm – 7.00pm Please write the names here of teachers you would like to see:- ______ACTUAL APPOINTMENTS – (for teacher use only)

Time Teacher Subject Time Teacher Subject 4.00 5.35 4.05 5.40 4.10 5.45 4.15 5.50 4.20 5.55 4.25 6.00 4.30 6.05 4.35 6.10 4.40 6.15 4.45 6.20 4.50 6.25 4.55 6.30 5.00 6.35 5.05 6.40 5.10 6.45 5.15 6.50 5.20 6.55 5.25 5.30

Year 7 Parents’ Evening Tuesday 13th February 4.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.

Year 7 Parents’ Evening will be held on the above date. This is your opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their subject teachers.

The Year 7 evening will be held in the Hall and Music Room; appointments will be made at five minute intervals. Your child will be responsible for organising your appointments with their teachers. Please return your child’s reply slip to the Class Teacher and your child will then use this slip to record your appointments. To ensure your child has adequate time to collect appointments please return the reply slip as soon as possible. Your child will then need to pass back to you the reply slip prior to the evening. Of course your child is welcome to attend the evening with you. Your child’s books will be available for viewing during the evening in one of the Year 7 classrooms so allow extra time for this.

It would also be very helpful if you could indicate on your reply slip which subject teachers you would like to see and also an indication of preferred time of evening.

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Year 7 Parents’ Evening – Tuesday 13th February 4.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.

Pupil’s Name ______Class ______

We/I will/will not be attending Year 7 Parents’ Evening. (Please delete as appropriate)

We/I would like to see the following subject teachers during time slot

______(approximately)

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ACTUAL APPOINTMENTS – (Child to make with subject teacher and return this slip to you)

Time Teacher Subject Time Teacher Subject

4.00 5.45

4.05 5.50

4.10 5.55

4.15 6.00

4.20 6.05

4.25 6.10

4.30 6.15

4.35 6.20

4.40 6.25

4.45 6.30

4.50 6.35

4.55 6.40

5.00 6.45

5.05 6.50

5.10 6.55

5.15 7.00

5.20

5.25

5.30

5.35

5.40

Reading Café

We are thrilled how successful the Reading Café has been. Thank you to parents/relatives that have taken the time to come in with their child’s class. To ease traffic congestion on the car park when we finish the café, we are letting the children in the café leave at approximately 3.20pm with their adult if they wish to take them. We will of course keep the other students until 3.30pm. You will receive a letter the week prior to your child’s Reading Café.

Reading Café Rota th 6SB 16 February 7KM 4th May nd 6CA 2 March 7EN 11th May th 6AP 9 March 7JW 18th May th 6PM 16 March 7LW 25th May rd 8BH 23 March 8SS 8th June th 8SH 20 April 5CWK 15th June th 8RC 27 April 5SJ 22nd June 5JB 29th June 5LM 13th July

“Dive in at the Book End” Looking to try new books? Want a book you can dive into and really enjoy? Well look no further…

After half term, there will be an exciting opportunity to read brand new, modern books for all ages and abilities. “Dive in at the Book End” will be open in Room 63 on Tuesdays and Fridays, 12:30 till 12:45.

From “Geek Girl” to “Middle School, Worst Years Of My Life” this fantastic collection of books will be available for every year group. Reading is an important skill to help your vocabulary and literacy skills. The solution to enjoying reading is to find a book that you can lose yourself in, this is what “Dive in at the Book End” is all about: it will help find your all-important book.

To start reading amazing literature, drop in for the first session on Tuesday 27th February 2018.

Humanities Student of the Month

Congratulations to all of our hardworking winners for January. You have been recognised by your humanities teacher for being: conscientious, hard-working and having a positive attitude in lessons. Keep up the good work!

Mr Cole

Year 5 Year 7

Charlie Shore Angus Thorp

Cody Richardson Grace Fletcher

Year 6 Year 8

Tristan Taylor Lily Ayling

Rihanna Shackleton William Simpson

#SORTED out of hours club

As you may well know, we now offer before and after school care and are starting a holiday club this February half- term. We still have spaces for Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd so please get in touch if you would like to book these sessions please email [email protected] or complete a booking form available on our website or from the School Office. Payment for these clubs are payable via ParentPay. Please note; if you see these sessions on your ‘Payable Items’ page on ParentPay it does not mean that you are booked in to them or owe us money for them. They are simply available services which you can pay for.

Any questions, or to find out more about the #SORTED club, please get in touch.

Year 6 Football

On Friday 2nd February the Year 6 football team from Penkridge (also containing goalkeeper Harry from Year 5) travelled to Highfields Primary School in Burntwood for their first game of 2018.

The game began with an early chance for Penkridge which was well taken by Fraser putting them one nil up within the first minute (although not quite as quick as Tottenham's goal against Manchester United 2 nights earlier). The early goal filled the Penkridge boys with confidence and they added goals from captain Rafe, Cooper and a fourth from Joe to give them a very strong half-time lead.

The second half began with the home team on the attack and with all of the Penkridge boys in the opposing half; despite his heroics, goalie Harry had no chance when finding himself facing four Highfields players alone. Normal service was soon resumed, however, when captain Rafe completed his hat-trick with his second and third. Space opened up late in the game for James to add a seventh but unfortunately for him he hit the post twice.

Six-one sounds a whitewash but this was not the case, Highfields were a strong team and it was the sheer quality of passing and teamwork that produced this great result for Penkridge. Well done.

The boys look forward to matches against John Sheldon and Bridgtown after half term.

Team: Rafe, Joe, Cooper, James, Cameron, Matthew, Fraser, Harry, Spencer

Football at Walsall FC

On Saturday morning many of the boys who had played against Highfields the night before were joined by friends from Year 5, Cannock Chase High School and Great Wyrley High School for a day of football at Walsall FC.

On arrival at the Banks’s Stadium the boys enjoyed 90 minutes of coaching on the 4G pitch before acting as ball boys for the League 1 game v MK Dons. With both teams near the bottom of the table this was a must win game and the boys had an important job to keep it flowing.

The game was a tight affair but Walsall secured a vital one-nil win thanks to a second half goal.

Despite the less than pleasant weather everyone had a great day and were excellent ambassadors for their school and Walsall FC. None more so than Matthew Tuck who was awarded with a signed football for his effort and enthusiasm.

School Disco Update

The school disco to be hosted on Thursday 15th February 2018 and run between 5 – 6:30pm is now available to all year groups. Ticket sales for this event have been strong and if you still need to buy your ticket look out for the School Council in the library at lunchtimes.

The previously advertised Key Stage 3 disco between 7 – 8:30pm is cancelled due to a lack of interest. KS3 students with tickets can still attend the 5 – 6:30pm event.

On Thursday 15th February 2018 we will be hosting a school disco in the main hall for all years to raise funds to improve the facilities (e.g. Lockers) and activities (e.g. at lunchtimes) available to students. DJ Meredith, a tuck shop and photographing will be available on the night.

Please drop your son/daughter off at 5pm and arrange for the to be collected by a parent or responsible adult at 6:30pm.

Students can buy their tickets from the School Council for £2 at lunchtimes. They are reminded that good behaviour is expected from all and no mobile phones or chewing gum should be brought on the evening. Should students’ wish to have a photograph taken on the evening then Mr Smith will be present to take photographs and print a memento copy for a small contribution. Therefore, a small amount of money may be brought on the evening to spend at the tuck shop and photo booth.

Parents must adhere to the timings listed above to ensure the smooth running of the evening and collect their child(ren) from the main hall at the end of the evening at the correct time.

February Family

Film Show 2018

Come along for a relaxing afternoon as a family, to a film showing. Sessions are delivered by Caudwell Children as part of the Aiming High Program and are free to children with a disability, between 8 and 18 years old who live in Staffordshire * Please call Julia on 01782 600263 for more information or to book a place.

February Time Venue

1.30- 4th Red Street Community Centre, Talke Rd, Red Street, 4.00 Newcastle. ST5 7AH 1.30- Tutbury Village Hall, 2 Monk Street, Burton-On- 10th 4.00 Trent, DE13 9NA

1.30- Foxlowe Arts Centre, Stockwell Street, Leek. ST13 11th 4.00 6AD

1.30- Whittington Village Hall, 4-6 Langton Crescent, 17th 4.00 Whittington, Lichfield. WS14 9LR

1.30- The Northfield Centre, Magnolia Avenue (off Co- 18th 4.00 operative Street), Stafford, ST16 3DU

1.30- Elford Village Hall, Church Road, Elford, Tamworth. 24th 4.00 B79 9DA

1.30- Great Wyrley Community Centre, Landywood Lane, 25th 4.00 Walsall. WS6 6JX

All activities are featured on the Caudwell Children Youth Zone website found at: http://www.caudwellchildrenkids.com/days-out-events/ This page is regularly updated with new activities and events so please re-visit often. *If younger children (accompanied by an adult), siblings or children who live outside of the Staffordshire border would like to join in the fun please give us a call, we will try to accommodate requests where possible in return for a donation to Caudwell Children.

February Fun 2018

Come along to our fun-filled activity days, featuring puppet making and storytelling. Sessions are delivered by Caudwell Children as part of the Aiming High Program and are free to children with a disability, between 8 and 18 years old who live in Staffordshire * Please call Julia on 01782 600263 for more information or to book a place.

February Time Venue The Northfield Centre, Magnolia 19th & 10am – 4pm Avenue, Stafford, ST16 3DU 20th

19th 10am – 4pm Queen Street Community Centre, Queen Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 3LW 20th 10am – 1pm

19th 10am – 4pm Curborough Community Centre, Reynolds Close, Lichfield, Staffs, 20th 10am – 1pm WS13 7NY

19th, 20th 10am – 4pm Pooley Country Park Scout Centre, & 21st Pooley Lane, Polesworth, B78 1JA 22nd 10am – 1pm 21st 10am – 4pm Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Coleridge Drive, Perton, WV6 7PD 22nd 10am – 1pm

21st 10am – 4pm Cheslyn Hay Village Hall, Pinfold Lane, Cheslyn Hay, WS6 7HP 22nd 10am – 1pm

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